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Folder, "March 12, 1968 - 1:29 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors - Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. ---·=.....----~~·-,. - ~ ~- ~ i;; ' 'f'! "t:(l l/ !t.,;:... - ~ (~t: ~~ T ......'' .... .f· l . GEN G. EAR~E ~~~E~~~, CJCS TO hDX U.S.G. l. C:XC?AC SEA~?, By referenced message I have inforced you of actions to ceet alterr.ative pressed by you in ~urtter ~AC

Folder, "February 13, 1968 - 1:12 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group - Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. m. (These are the first units of the 10, 500 authorized and approved for immediate shipment in response to General Westmoreland's request. The Bunker announcement and press guidance are attached as Appendices A and B.) ~:"'\re~-• MEETl~~G ti>~OTliS

Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

uprising and many defections. Our press had led the North Vietnamese to think the ARYN army was a pushover. That proved to be untrue. The enemy has laid land lines down the Laotian panhandle. This will permit them to operate on radio silence and give

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Deployment of Additional U. S. Troops in Vietnam, 7/27/1965, Volume 3, Tab 35," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

a firm determ ination to achieve them. We would stress the dangers we see t o both of us in Chinese expansion, and we would recognize the Soviet need to fol low a course wh i ch does not destroy its leadership in the Corrmunist world. We would press

Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

requests in the past. Now he finds that his campain plan has been pre-empted by enemy action. Secretary Rusk: Can it only be done by additional U.S. forces? press them to brigade U.S. troops with Vietnamese? Can't we General Wheeler: Before I answer

Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

a peaceful settlement soon. We do not. The North Vietnamese are pressing against Laos and Thailand. The Chinese are leaning against Burma and Cambodia. During the day we had two additional comebacks on two probes which we made. The Shah of Iran saw Hanoi 1 s

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 221-241," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

there i s a response, u n t il the aggressors have indicated th e ir w illin g n e ss to t a lk , we intend to press on. Our p atien ce and determ ination are m ending. This i s why t h is r e s o lu tio n ,th a t you p a tr io tic men and women so

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 120-140," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

IMr'IEDlATE date : MARCH 2 A , 3 PM 21010 1965, 2 : A 6 AM 3 E C R £ -T'. FOR THE secretary N 0 D I S REF. A. EM3TEL 3 6 6 6 . B. DEPTEL 2 0 6 7 . REFERENCE A LIKE ALL PREVIOUS REPORTS OF MY SACKSROU' ID S E S S : 0 : : S T H E PRESS IS MORE 0

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 200-220," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON P'a VN PRESENCE SOUTH VIETNAM AS RELEASED BY SEMI-OFFICIAL VIETNAM PRESS AT 1 0 ; 03AM (SAIGON TIME) APRIL 2 6 . ■ . QUOTE REGULAR NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY FRESEOT IN SOUTH (HEADING • R E A D S). THE GOVERKvlENT OF THE REPUBLIC .OF VIETNAM HAS

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 170-199," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

TO US. I F V/E ARE TO BUiLD A V IA BLE INDEPENDENT n a tio n H ER E j UE must CONTINUE TO PRESS AND FRO VIETNAMESE ON ALL FRONTS BUT R E A LIZ E THAT IN FINAL ANALYSIS IT IS VIETNAMESE UHO MUST RUN T H E IR 0';JN A FFA IR S, COU^JCIL FORESEES MANY

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 326-340," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

to the press in Saigon and Washington since early in May, and as was m^ade explicity clear in the White Eouse announcement of last week, General Westmoreland, our commander in the field, has the discretionary authority to employ these forces at the request o f

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 141-169," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

, AND THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD BE B;.SED ON DIRECT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ORGANIZED IN SECURE ZONES, B) THE OPENING OF A PRESS CONGRESS TO DEVELOP A STATUTE GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE LOCAL PRESS. C) INDICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT UOULD HOLD ELECTIONS ISARLY NEXT

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 281-292," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 357-383," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 7, Tabs 421-438," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

and aiedical personnel if tliis would be helpful. Cur Ambassador comments tliat this offer was vague vvitli no indicatioK« of how it V7cald be paid for and ho ad^^ises against pressing for additicgial civil persoraiel i.nd in favor of concentrating on obtainlng

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 293-313," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

sc a le ,” and warned o f the danger of an enlarged war. Soviet press commentators have attempted to paint a picture of widespread consternation and dissension in the US against the A d m in istra tio n 's policy toward Vietnam. Eastern Europe 7. I n

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 1-10," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 242-257," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

EVEOTUAL NEED OF AN APPROPRIATE PRESS RELEASE. HE WAS AGREEABLE ON ALL " POINTS. , ■ P ag e 2 ru m jir u37a —s - e c r e t I MENTIONED MY IMPENDING TRIP TO WASHINGTON AT END OF MONTH, using IT AS DEVICE TO RAISE NEED OF DISCUSSIONS OF POLITICAL ITEMS

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 258-280," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 11-41," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 341-356," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 42-60," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)